Non-fiction author John Kim discusses and signs his self-help book, The Angry Therapist: A No BS Guide to Finding and Living Your Own Truth, tackling relationships, career, and family issues while documenting his personal journey post-divorce, Book Soup Bookstore, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 (310/659-3110, www.booksoup.com)

The EP Foster Library features a poetry reading by Jerry Garcia at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

Style Coach, TV co-host, media personality, and author Rayne Parvis presents her latest guidebook, Ultimate Guide to Style From Drab to Fab!; novelist Rick Tuber presents his latest book, Should Have Seen It Coming; dating expert, social life consultant, author, and speaker Erin Tillman, The Dating Guidebook: Tips for Living a Happy and Healthy Single Life Without Losing Yourself in the Dating Process; and novelist August McLaughlin, In Her Shadow, Book Soup Bookstore, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 4:00 (310/659-3110, www.booksoup.com)

Book Soup Bookstore's Y.A. Book Club welcomes author Jamie Mayer to discuss her new novel, Painless, on loss, empathy, and how to grow up without feeling pain, Book Soup Bookstore, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 1:00 (310/659-3110, www.booksoup.com)

The EP Foster Library features a poetry reading by Joy Manesiotis at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

New Yorker staff writer Ariel Levy discusses and reads from her memoir, Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir, chronicling the adventure and heartbreak of a woman who is free to do what she chooses, Book Soup Bookstore, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 4:00 (310/659-3110, www.booksoup.com)

Whiskey distiller Troy Ball in conversation with Coldplay's Chris Martin, discussing her memoir, Pure Heart: A Spirited Tale of Grace, Grit, and Whiskey, co-authored by Bret Witter, book signing will follow; also available this evening is Marshall Stewart Ball's Kiss of God: The Wisdom of a Silent Child, a collection of inspirational and remarkable poetry by a handicapped, nonverbal, child prodigy writer and thinker, with preface by Troy Ball, Beverly Hills Public Library, 444 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, tickets for this event now available online, one ticket will include a copy of the book which will be handed out at the event, $31 (includes tax), 7:30 (310/659-3110, www.booksoup.com; tickets: www.eventbrite.com)

The EP Foster Library features a poetry reading by Ron Koertge and Kim Dower at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by Paul Willis at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)